Daily Archives: July 16, 2021

John Lennon & Yoko Ono purchase small cottage for their Tittenhurst Park estate 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1971)


Video: 'John Lennon Imagine 1988 disc 2' (July 16, 1971, at 24:18)

(Friday, July 16, 1971) — Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, were filmed today at Blue Pools near Wentworth Estate, England, purchasing a small cottage for delivery the next morning at their 72-acre Tittenhurst Park estate near Ascot, England. Continue reading John Lennon & Yoko Ono purchase small cottage for their Tittenhurst Park estate 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1971)

Anne Frank attends wedding of Jan and Miep Gies in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1941)

(Wednesday, July 16, 1941; during The Holocaust, part of World War II) — 12-year-old Anne Frank, a German-Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage who would gain fame posthumously with the 1947 publication of The Diary of a Young Girl, and her father, Otto, were photographed today on their way to the wedding of family friends Miep Santrouschitz, 32, and Jan Glies, 35, in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Continue reading Anne Frank attends wedding of Jan and Miep Gies in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 16 1941)